Month: March 2016

How to build a membership site with the Rainmaker Platform

I spent some time today talking to a non-profit about how well the Rainmaker Platform would do for them, and their membership needs. Maybe it will be a perfect fit for you too. Haven't you already written about Rainmaker? I've ...

Is WordPress really dreaded?

You've heard the story… You've likely heard the story of the student who works so hard on a research paper. They spend all sorts of time studying and creating an outline. They invest in tons of drafts and proofreading to ...

Are you creating interactive content?

The Buyer's Journey When I think of eCommerce, I don't start at the website running WooCommerce or any other shopping platform. I think about people who are staring at Google. Yes, Google. Because half of the time, we don't know ...

A drag and drop WordPress Page Builder: Good or Bad?

Some context for the discussion A couple months ago I started work on a website that will soon launch. The reality is that much of the time on the project has been spent on discussion—determining the right solutions to the ...

WPForms: A fast new solution for WordPress Forms

There's a new solution for WordPress forms. Who knows the exact back story on how WPForms came to be? (Now you can know it.) Maybe it was someone who was frustrated with the underlying code or performance of an existing ...

Have big dreams? Focus on small iterations

Every couple of days I answer a call on Clarity—a service entrepreneurs use to ask others for advice. About a year ago a gentleman called to ask about a membership site he was building. Three days later, he called back. ...

My Rainmaker Platform Review

I realized, when someone asked the other day, how I felt about Rainmaker and how it was going, that I'd written a lot about its features without telling you what I felt about it. So here are my feelings. https://youtu.be/gikdvEYNT4s ...

Are you collecting video testimonials?

This is a lesson I've learned first hand The first time we held CaboPress I didn't even take a camera. I never thought about the marketing of the conference at all. I was just focused on making sure the folks ...